- American Gods by Neil Gaiman, B-
- Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer, B-
- The Art of Writing Great Lyrics by Pamela Phillips Oland, A-
- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, B+
- Broken Music: A Memoir by Sting, B-
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman, A-
- The Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters, B-
- Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl, B+
- The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, B+
- The Distant Hours by Kate Morton, A
- Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, A-
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, A+
- Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl, B-
- The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton, B+
- Frindle by Andrew Clements, A+
- The Girl With Glass Feet by Ali Shaw, A-
- The Hummingbird by Eleanor Farjeon, B+
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, A-
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, A
- The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon, A
- The Lord of the Rings (entire trilogy) by J.R.R. Tolkien, A+
- Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde, A-
- The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl, B+
- The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo, A
- The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories by Tim Burton, B-
- Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie, B
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, A
- The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz, B+
- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, B+
- Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling by Andrea Stolpe, A
- Ribbiting Tales, edited by Nancy Springer, A
- A Room With a View by E.M. Forster, A-
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, B
- Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde, A
- Summerland by Michael Chabon, B+
- Tales from Watership Down by Richard Adams, A-
- Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde, A
- Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle, A-
- The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht, A-
- The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde, B
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